11th PRIME Plenary Meeting, Brussels, 16 November … · An inquiry by DB , the German Armed Forces...

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11th PRIME Plenary Meeting, Brussels, 16 November 2017

State of Play: Review of Rastatt disruption and

first ideas for contingency plans

DB Netz AG | Bettina Wunsch-Semmler | 2017-11-16

Agenda

DB Netz AG | Bettina Wunsch-Semmler 2

1.

2.

3.

Rastatt incident

Rerouting of rail freight

Review

On August 12th a lowering of tracks happened south of

Rastatt in the framework of tunnel construction works


As a consequence the route Karlsruhe - Basel had to be closed immediately and completely between

Rastatt and Baden-Baden after the incident.

Affected area

Target shaft

Tunnelling machine

Shield

East tunnel

West tunnel

Southern

trough

structure

The first actions on the damaged railway section

involved stabilizing the tunnel construction site

DB Netz AG | Bettina Wunsch-Semmler

Immediate

stabilization of the

damaged tunnel

section

Since 17 August

2017, a concrete

grafting separates

the damaged part

from the intact part

of the 4,000 meter

long tunnel

On 25 August 2017,

the filling of the

tunnel was

completed and the

precautionary

evacuated residents

returned to their

homes

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The damaged

tunnel section was

stabilized by filling it

with around 10,500

cubic meters of

concrete

Cave in

Damage area

Ground level

Shield

Rhine valley railways Drilling

concrete-grafting

East tunnel

West tunnel

Tracks

Gym

Icing area

Support for auxiliary bridge

Cave in area

The installation of provisional bridges was not possible for

several reasons and was discarded as a solution


Deep foundation (3 - 6 m) can

only be statically implemented

outside the icing area, which

means that 2 auxiliary bridges

with an overlap length of 120 m

are necessary

An inquiry by DB , the German

Armed Forces and the NATO

member countries was negative

The time required for the

necessary track clearance,

installation and foundation is

greater than for the selected

cast-in-place concrete

Due to its surface-supporting

effect, the cast-in-place

concrete does not require a

deep foundation and can

therefore be shorter

Excursus

To restore operation on the high-frequency Rhine

valley railway a concrete superstructure was built


For the secure and

lasting restoration of

the track a concrete

slab above the

tunnel and below

the existing

superstructure was

build

After production of

the "concrete floor"

the laying of gravel,

rails and the

installation of the

signal technology

began

On 2 October 2017

the Rhine valley

railway was back in

operation – five

days earlier than

originally planned

As preventive

measure a second

concrete slab was

build above the

second tunnel tube

to stabilize the

ground further

Rhine valley railways

Ground level

Shield

Construction of the concrete slab

backfilling

Agenda


1.

2.

3.

Rastatt incident


Review


Damaged

area

I a Gäubahn (A), I b Neckar-Alb (B)

I c Südbahn

I d Konstanz Via Kufstein to II a Brenner, via Salzburg to II a Tauern

RFC North-Sea Mediterranean

III b Forbach-Kehl

III c Lauterbourg

II a Brenner

II a Tauern

Communication of the pre-defined diversion routes

started already on 13 August 2017

On average 30 % of the offered capacity was used


IIIc

Lauterbourg

9% IIIb

Forbach-Kehl 13%

IIb

Tauern 3%

Ic

Südbahn

10%

Ib

Neckar-Alb 13%

Ia

Gäubahn

14%

11%

IIa

Brenner

27% Id

Konstanz

Share of path offer on the diversion routes

100 % = 7,888 paths = approx. 155 paths / day Path usage on diversion routes

24

%

IIIb

Forb

ach

-Kehl

23%

IIb

Ta

uern

IIa

Bre

nner

7%

100%

IIIc

La

ute

rbourg

Id

Konsta

nz

Ic

Südb

ahn

4

7%

Ib

Necka

r-A

lb

48%

Ia

Gäub

ahn

84

%

Used

capacity

Unused

capacity

Ø 30 %

The capacity offer was only possible due to the good cooperation with neighbouring IMs, the RFC

Rhine-Alpine, North Sea-Mediterranean and ScanMed. Remark: Figures represent only information available to DB Netz; Trains deviated completely around Germany are missing

DB Netz took measures to reduce the impact of

Rastatt and to improve the use of diversion routes


Capacity increase by

additional measures

Shifting of planned works and

the reduction of track

possessions

Reduction of passenger

transport services to increase

capacity for rail freight

Additional staff in the

network control centre, the

operations control centre in

Karlsruhe and signal tower in

Singen

Allocation of additional

sidings in Singen and Kehl

Crisis Management

Communication

Weekly telephone

conferences on CEO-level of

the countries involved

Daily telephone conferences

on working level between the

concerned RUs, IMs and DB

Netz

Support of RUs

operations

Free of charge provision of 7

diesel hauling-locomotives for

non electrified line Tübingen-

Horb

Support of the RUs for setting

up a pool of train drivers

Additional shunting staff in

the train station of Singen for

support of operation

After re-opening of the

Gäubahn:

provision of a shunting- and

pushing locomotive (incl.

shunting staff) in Singen

Nonetheless capacity on diversion routes could not be

used fully due to several restricting factors for the RUs


Resources of RUs

Operating on diversion routes

requires additional resources

due longer turnaround cycles:

– lack of train drivers

– lack of locomotives

Infrastructure

Line parameters on diversion

routes differ from the ones on

the Rhine valley railway, e.g.

in regard to

– clearance gauge and

– length of stable and

passing sidings

Interoperability

Train drivers could not be

assigned on certain routes

due to

– missing route knowledge

and

– required operational

language

Available locomotives where

not always certified in certain

countries on the diversion

routes

The lesson is that in general the use of diversion routes in case of incidents must be improved by

harmonizing line parameters and increased cross-border interoperability

On 02.10.2017 traffic on the Rhine valley railway

restarted smoothly and volumes are on a normal level


77

127

160

177

157

138

7274

91

130

169

191

152

134

66

0

50

100

150

2001,0

0,3

0,9

0,4

0,5

0,7

0,8

0,6

0,0

0,1

0,2

08.10.2017 02.10.2017 01.10.2017 07.10.2017 06.10.2017 05.10.2017 04.10.2017 03.10.2017

Operated trains (incl. ad-hoc traffic) Annual Timetable (Bank holiday on 3 Oct) Remark: Low planned traffic volumes until 3 Oct due to bank holiday

Agenda


1.

2.

3.

Rastatt incident


Review

Since the reopening of the line an intensive review

process is ongoing


Gathering feedback

from relevant

stakeholders

Establishment of

an action list

Starting projects at

IMs/RFCs and

other stakeholders

Presentation of

first findings and

further process

Time: until November

2017

Review surveys,

workshops/

discussions with

internal and external

stakeholders

Time: until December

2017

Drawing conclusions

from the feedback

and developing an

action list

Time: until February

2018

For most topics still to

be defined, few projects

already starting after

feedback discussions

Time: until March

2018

Ongoing process,

many requests for

presentations and

discussions with all

stakeholders

Ongoing process

First lessons learned have already been identified

DB Netz AG | Bettina Wunsch-Semmler

„You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you

think you could not do before.”-Rahm Emanuel

DB Netz and RFC Rhine-Alpine will develop/propose measures in close cooperation with the relevant

stakeholders (IMs, RUs, RFCs, etc.).

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Agree on international crisis management process supported by RFCs

Agree on process/check-list for communication supported by RFCs

Develop multi-national re-routing overview for RFCs

Define clear capacity allocation rules in case of incidents

1. Improving multi-national crisis management / contingency plan

Increase capacity on diversionary lines by improving the infrastructure

Intensify coordination of works along rail freight corridors in cooperation with customers

3. Improve infrastructure and international coordination of works

Harmonizing of operational rules and authorisation conditions (in case of incidents)

Implementation of a second operating language

2. Developing frame conditions for a flexible production in rail freight

Contingency plans for multi-national incidents should

include several elements – first ideas


Explanations

International incident

management

Criteria for major international incident:

Duration: proposal > 5 days

High impact on international rail freight

Process proposal:

RFCs coordinate telcos/cooperation between heads of incident

management of involved IMs

Communication in case

of multi-national

incidents

Re-routing overview

Capacity allocation

rules

Process proposal:

RFCs coordinate telcos of heads of communication of involved IMs

Communication of stakeholders by each involved IM based on agreed

check-list for external communication

RFCs also inform their specific stakeholders

Overview of diversionary routes for each RFC with information on

infrastructure parameters, capacity indication, restrictions at RUs

Clear rules to be defined/agreed by Regulatory Bodies in Europe

1

2

3

4

We experience a high interest in the lessons learned

from all kinds of stakeholders


DB Netz and RFC Rhine-Alpine already started a review process to gather feedback from all

stakeholders. This feedback will be incorporated in the lessons learned and a consecutive action plan.

The timeline is not yet finalized but will include the following dates pre-set by the stakeholders:

11-12 October Busto Arsizio Executive Board und Railway Undertakings/Terminal Advisory Group (RAG/TAG) of RFC Rhine-Alpine

16 October Brussels Forum of TEN CNC Rhine-Alpine

25 October Verona Railway Undertakings/Terminal Advisory Group (RAG/TAG) of RFC Scandinavian-Mediterranean

26 October 2017 RU Dialogue

9-10 November Brussels SERAC and NExBo

16 November/ 17 January 2018 PRIME

29 November Rome Management Board of RFC Rhine-Alpine

06 December Düsseldorf HUPAC conference “Rastatt disaster: Never again”

07 December Vienna Annual Rail Freight Day of EU and RNE

11-12 December Frankfurt Executive Board of RFC Rhine-Alpine

23 January 2018 Frankfurt SBB Infrastruktur / DB Netz AG Management Board

21 February 2018 SBB / DB CEO Meeting

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